The Mercado - Rizal Family

Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental

The Mercado - Rizal Family

The Rizals is considered one of the biggest families during their time.
Domingo Lam-co, the family's paternal ascendant was a full-blooded Chinese
who came to the Philippines from Amoy, China in the closing years of the 17th
century and married a Chinese half-breed by the name of Ines de la Rosa.
 Researchers revealed that the
Mercado-Rizal family had also
traces of Japanese, Spanish,
Malay and Even Negrito blood
aside from Chinese.

Jose Rizal came from a 13-member family consisting of his parents, Francisco
Mercado II and Teodora Alonso Realonda, and nine sisters and one brother.
FRANCISCO MERCADO (1818-
1898)
FRANCISCO MERCADO (1818-1898)
Father of Jose Rizal who was the youngest
of 13 offsprings of Juan and Cirila
Mercado. Born in Biñan, Laguna on April
18, 1818; studied in San Jose College,
Manila; and died in Manila.

Francisco, the father, was a serious

looking man of sturdy build.
TEODORA ALONSO (1827-1913)

Mother of Jose Rizal who was the second child

of Lorenzo Alonso and Brijida de Quintos. She
studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa. She was
a business-minded woman, courteous,
religious, hard-working and well-read. She
was born in Santa Cruz, Manila on November
14, 1827 and died in 1913 in Manila.

Teodora, the mother, was a vigorious and

persevering woman with a benevolent heart
and a likable personality.
SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913)

Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo

marriage.

Saturnina (1850-1913), eldest of

the Rizal children, became the wife
of Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanauan,
Batangas.
PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930)
Only brother of Jose Rizal and the
second child. Studied at San Jose
College in Manila; became a
farmer and later a general of the
Philippine Revolution.

Paciano, the second child in the

family and Rizal's only brother.
NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939) 

Narcisa (1852-1939), the third

child, married Antonio Lopez at
Morong, Rizal; a teacher and
musician.
OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)

Olympia (1855-1887), fourth Rizal

child, was married to Silvestre
Ubaldo. She died of childbirth in
1887.
LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)

Lucia (1857-1919), fifth Rizal

child, was the wife of Mariano
Herbosa.
MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)

Maria (1859-1945), the sixth Rizal

child, became the wife of Daniel
Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.
JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896)

Jose Rizal (1861-1896), the second

son and the seventh child. He was
executed by the Spaniards on
December 30,1896.
He became the national hero of the
Philippines.
CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865)

The eight child. Died at the age of three.

JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945)

The ninth child. An epileptic, died a spinster.

TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951)

Trinidad (1868-1951), the

tenth Rizal child. Died a
spinster and the last of the
family to die.
SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-
1929)

Soledad (1870-1929), the

youngest Rizal child became
the wife of Pantaleon
Quintero.
 The END
THANK YOU! 
Ms. Leah Rose L. Cada, MPA, LLB